| Baby showers are powerful and emotional events that | | | | copies. First, make a copy of the footprints so you |
| will leave you with unforgettable memories to look | | | | don't have to damage the original. Then, with a pair of |
| back on for the rest of your life, so you want to make | | | | scissors, crop around the footprints so they are free |
| them as special as possible. One great way to do so | | | | with no border around them. Now, you can make your |
| is with a baby shower footprint invitation! Your guests | | | | invitation on another piece of paper, either by hand, or |
| will swoon over how cute it is, and it will be a | | | | by printing them out on the computer. Simply glue the |
| keepsake you can even share with the child when he | | | | footprints in place where you want them, and make as |
| or she gets older! The baby footprint is a universal sign | | | | many copies (color copies are best, of course) as |
| of a newborn baby that's sure to catch people's | | | | needed. You can print two or four per sheet of paper |
| attention. | | | | so they don't have to be oversized. |
| Most likely if you're having a baby shower, the baby | | | | If you don't have existing footprints to work with, not to |
| will yet to have been born, so you will have to settle | | | | worry! You can always find generic footprints or a |
| for a drawing, or the footprint of someone else's baby. | | | | drawing of footprints online. Many hobby stores may |
| If this isn't your first child, a very special thing to do is to | | | | sell rubber stamps you can use to stamp a footprint |
| use one of your other children's footprints - or you can | | | | onto your invitations. If you can't find one at a hobby |
| even use your own from when you were a baby! If | | | | store, there is a huge selection of rubber stamps |
| those are unavailable, you may wish to use the | | | | available over the internet. |
| footprints of a sibling or parent. Imagine the honor | | | | For an added touch, you can now order customized |
| when you tell them the footprints on the invitations are | | | | stamps. now allows you to upload an image to order |
| theirs! | | | | customized postage stamps. You can use the photo |
| By using a digital scan of the footprints, you can simply | | | | of the baby footprints to complete the theme! |
| crop around them in a photo editing program. Then just | | | | Baby footprints can also be used on announcements |
| paste those onto your invitations and print them out for | | | | (of pregnancy and birth), as well as thank you notes to |
| the perfect baby shower footprint invitation! | | | | complete the theme. You're not limited to just the baby |
| You can also make the invitations without a digital | | | | shower footprint invitation. Use the customized stamps |
| scanner or software if that's easier for you. Just go to | | | | to complete the look! |
| an office supply store or printing store that makes | | | | |